Earnings from transportation giant FedEx will be closely watched
as well as earnings from tech giant Oracle. In addition,
semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology's earnings will be
closely watched as a proxy for the health of the chip market and
demand in the broader PC market.

FedEx

FedEx is expected to report fourth quarter and full year results
on Wednesday, June 19. The company is expected to report fourth
quarter earnings per share of $1.97 vs. $1.99 a year ago on revenue
of $11.45 billion vs.$11.00 billion a year ago. Full year earnings
per share are expected to be $6.05 vs. $6.59 a year ago on revenue
of $44.4 billion vs. $42.7 billion a year ago.

Analysts Ken Hoexter and Victoria Zhang at Bank of America
Merrill Lynch weighed in ahead of the earnings release. They have a
Buy rating and $120 price target on the stock.

"Next Wednesday, FedEx reports F4Q13 earnings, which we target
to be at the lower end of its implied 4Q13 EPS range of $1.92-$2.12
(it currently has a $6.00- $6.20 target for F2013). We are at
$1.91, a touch below consensus given the continued trade down to
International Economy services."

"Key to the release will be its F2014 outlook, as it sets its
year-ahead outlook with year-end results. We believe the Street is
anticipating a $6.60-$7.20 F2014 range, a 10-20% increase off the
bottom of its F2013 target (we are at $7.25)."

Analysts at Goldman Sachs were a bit more cautious heading into
the earnings release. However, they reiterated their Buy rating and
$114 price target Thursday in a note.

"Global airfreight flows have been mixed, with bellwether
terminals such as HACTL pointing to softer-than-anticipated
throughput. HACTL recently reported a 0.2% yoy decline in total
throughput in May. From Mar-May, throughput was flat at +0.2% yoy
due to weakness on the East/West routes which we think provides a
negative guide for FDX's international express volumes, given that
HACTL data tends to correlate with Memphis international
throughput."

"The challenge for FDX is to adjust its cost structure to
support the strong growth from international deferred. We would
expect further rationalization of service frequencies on the
East/West routes. We cut our 4QFY13 estimate to $1.95 from $2.17
and reduce our FY14-15 estimates by 1%-7%, as we trim our Express
revenue estimates by 2%-3% and incorporate increased D&A
expense related to the early retirement of aged fleet."

Justin Yagerman at Deutsche Bank is also bullish on the stock.
The bank has a Buy rating and a $125.00 price target on the
stock.

"FDX will report FQ4 EPS on June 19, 2013 and the company will
host a conference call at 8:30AM ET. We are now modeling FQ4 EPS of
$1.95 and guidance of $1.90-2.10. Our FQ4 EPS estimate excludes
$0.94 of costs associated with FDX's voluntary buyout program. We
expect the company to issue its FY2014 outlook and to discuss in
more detail expected savings from its profit improvement plan."

Micron Technology

Semiconductor maker Micron Technology is expected to report
earnings on Wednesday as well. Analysts expect Micron to report
third quarter earnings per share of $0.02 vs. a loss of $0.32 per
share a year ago on revenue of $2.24 billion vs. $2.17 billion a
year ago.

The analysts at Bank of America weighed in ahead of the
earnings. The team led by Simon Dong-je Woo and Jennifer Kim Friday
raised its price target on the stock to $18 from $13 and maintained
its Buy rating on the stock.

"We raise our PO from $13 to $18, fully reflecting the Elpida
M&A, which is widely expected to be complete in a couple of
months. The legal process in Japan has ended; only the US court's
approval is left. Incremental FV/share should be $4-5 (EPS may rise
$1; NAV may be $4-5bn), by our estimates."

Sterne Agee also raised its price target on the stock ahead of
earnings. Analyst Vijay Rakesh boosted the price target on the
stock from $13 to $15 on Tuesday headed into earnings.

"MU will report F3Q13 (May) earnings on June 19. We have raised
our MayQ estimates and now are looking for MayQ Revenue/EPS of
$2.19B/$0.02, in line with consensus, though we believe there
should be further upside. Nonetheless, we believe there is
potentially more anticipation of Elpida deal closure before the
August Analyst Day than the upcoming June 19 earnings."

Oracle

Software giant Oracle is expected to report earnings Thursday.
The company is expected to report fourth quarter earnings per share
of $0.87 vs. $0.82 a year ago on revenue of $11.12 billion vs.
$10.95 billion a year ago. For the full fiscal year, Oracle is
expected to report earnings per share of $2.68 vs. $2.46 a year ago
on revenue of $37.46 billion vs. $37.22 billion a year ago.

Goldman Sachs weighed in on the stock on Tuesday ahead of
earnings. They have a Buy rating and $42.00 price target on the
stock.

"We are modeling revenue of $11.1bn (+2% yoy) in line with
consensus and non-GAAP EPS of $0.88, which is $0.01 ahead. Guidance
was for revenue to fall within a range of - 1% to +4% yoy reported
and constant currency and non-GAAP EPS of $0.85-0.91. As for the
key metric, we are forecasting license revenue of $4.26bn, +6% yoy
vs consensus of $4.22bn (+5%)."

"We expect a solid quarter with slight upside as not only do we
believe that ORCL benefited from a strong pipeline, but also
continued to work through execution challenges that existed in
F3Q13. However, given the continued challenging IT spending
backdrop coupled with what we expect will be conservative guidance
for the company's F1Q14, we are lowering our license forecast for
the quarter."

The team at Morgan Stanley also released a note this week ahead
of earnings. They have a Buy rating on the stock and a $39.00 price
target.

"Oracle has beaten the midpoint of its 4Q license guide for the
past 10+ years and we don't expect any less this year, but neither
does the Street, turning attention squarely to FY14. After two
years of low single digit organic cc license growth, consensus
looks to numerous product cycles to accelerate growth to 8% in
FY14."

"We're slightly more cautious at 5.5%, as our third deep-dive
customer survey on Fusion Apps indicates some waning momentum and
we model limited impacts from the upcoming database release.
However, our work suggests ORCL could drive low to mid-teen EPS
growth and potentially a higher multiple on; 1) a return to HW
growth, 2) 100 bps of annual margin expansion and 3) continued
aggressive share repurchases."

"Although the beats have been getting smaller, Oracle has
surpassed the midpoint of its license guide every 4Q for >10
years by an average of 7%. Implied seasonality is in-line with
long-term averages and should benefit from 3Q deals that slipped
into 4Q. Looking out, FY14 consensus appear more aggressive,
forecasting close to 8% organic cc license growth or >2x the
rate seen over the past two years, although is back-end loaded,
with expects for only 4% in 1Q on an easy comp."

Key Economics Releases

The economics calendar kicks off Monday with the Empire State
Manufacturing Index as well as the NAHB Home Price Index.
Overnight, Chinese foreign direct investment data as well as the
monthly change in home prices are expected.

Tuesday brings the German Zew Economic Sentiment Index followed
by the U.S. CPI and housing starts.

Wednesday, the data heats up as Japanese trade data is released
overnight followed by MBA Purchase Applications in the U.S.
However, all eyes will be on the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve will issue its interest rate decision and
update its economic forecasts at 2:00 pm eastern Wednesday,
followed by the press conference of Chairman Bernanke at 2:30.
Comments on tapering and interest rate hikes will be watched
closely in all of the events.

Wednesday night, the Flash HSBC China Manufacturing Index is due
out followed by the Flash Manufacturing and Service PMIs Thursday
morning from France, Germany, and the broad Eurozone. British
retail sales are also expected Thursday morning ahead of U.S.
data.

Thursday, U.S. data kicks off with weekly jobless claims and the
Flash Manufacturing PMI followed by Existing Home Sales, Leading
Indicators and the Philly Fed Survey.

Friday's U.S. calendar is empty although Canadian retail sales
data is expected and do note that Friday is a quadruple witching
day.

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